Brian Meyer is in his third year at Wright State after spending three seasons on staff at Otterbein College, where he was a three-year starter at second base for the Cardinals. Meyer works with the outfielders, aid in hitting instruction and serve as the bench coach on game days.
Since coming to WSU, Meyer has seen success on the field as the Raiders advanced to the 2011 NCAA Tournament and posted two Horizon League titles in 2010 and 2011.
Before coming to WSU in 2010, Meyer spent three seasons with his alma mater and worked as the co-recruiting coordinator and hitting coach. The Cardinals ranked among the national leaders in home runs, doubles and fielding percentage during Meyer's time with the program and had 15 players selected to the All-Ohio Athletic Conference teams, five players named to the All-Region squad and one player garnered All-American honors.
Meyer also works with the Licking County Settlers of the Great Lakes Collegiate Summer League, serving as the head coach the last two season. In 2010, his first season at the helm, he was named the GLCSL Manager of the Year after guiding the Settlers to their first regular-season title and a final national ranking of 23. The squad set franchise records for and led the league in wins, batting average, runs scored, hits, home runs, doubles, on base percentage, and slugging percentage.
In 2008 and 2009, Meyer was the hitting coach for the Settlers as the team set program records for wins, batting average, doubles and on-base percentage. While with LC, the team has had seven players named to the All-GLSCL team and set 10 program records over two seasons.
Meyer graduated from Otterbein with his Bachelor's of Arts in Sports Management in 2004 and went on to earn his K-12 Physical Education Teaching License in 2005. The North Royalton, Ohio, native went on to earn his Masters of Arts in Education from Otterbein in June of 2009.
